martyrdom after having had their hands cut off and thentongues cut out, that they might not be able to make confession of the faith. Cruelty of Clovis to his kindred. In the year of grace 483, Clovis, king of the Franks threw into prison his kinsman Kegnacarius and his brother, and put them to death. Coveiousness of Timothy. In the year of grace 484, on the murder of Protherius by the Alexandrians, Timothy caused or suffered himself to be ordained by one bishop, in the place of the murdered prelate. In the year of grace 485, the Britons, nnder Aurelius Ambrosius, assembled at Mercredesburne to fight against Ella and his sons, who, after a long and bloody engagement, were compelled to quit the field, not without great loss, however^ to the Britons. Wherefore Ella sent over into his country for more troops. Felix pope. In the year of grace 486. Felix filled the Eoman chair eight years, eleven months, and seventeen days; after which it remained vacant five days. Aurelius defies the Saxons to battle and gains the victory. In the year of grace 487, Aurelius Ambrosius collected a great multitude of Britons, and defied the Saxons to battle. Directing his army northward, he came up with Hengist and his Saxons beyond the Humber.* Hengist, when he heard of his approach, marched boldly to meet him, thinking to take the Britons by surprise, and to make a sudden and furtive attack on them whÛe crossing a plain called Maisbely. Aurelius received intelligence, but did not hesitate to enter the plain. When the forces on each side were drawn up, the armies engaged, and not a little blood was shed on both sides. At last, when Hengist saw his companions giving way, and the * The account of this northern expedition is taken from Geoffrey of Monmouth. The Saxon Chronicle says nothing of it. Marianus Scotus and William Malmesbury seem to imply that Hengist died a natural death ; according to the latter, in 488, thirty-nine years after his first arrival in Britain. See Speed. Chron. 1611. p. 291.